MO metros
Cost of living across major MO metropolitan areas.
What living in MO costs
Across the 3 MO metros we track, the typical cost-of-living index is 93.2 against a national metro median of 95.7 — about 3% cheaper than the typical US metro. That ranks MO 18 of the 48 states we cover, counting from the cheapest.
The state is not uniform: Springfield, MO is the cheapest metro at 89.1, while St. Louis, MO runs 95.0 — a spread of 7% between them.
A typical MO home costs $276,878, or about 3.7× median household income, and typical rent is $1,451/mo.
Taxes in MO
MO levies a state income tax on top of the federal one. Effective property tax runs about 1.1% of home value in a typical MO metro, and combined state and local sales tax is around 8.4%.
Property tax is the one that scales with housing, so it bites hardest in the pricier metros above. Per-metro figures are on each metro page.
| Metro | COL index | Median home | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis, MO | 95.0 | $276,878 | $1,451 |
| Kansas City, MO | 93.2 | $329,641 | $1,548 |
| Springfield, MO | 89.1 | $272,938 | $1,271 |
Cities & towns in MO (60)
Local property tax, home values and school scores for each place.